Savings bank



Peter Lund P. LUND SAVINGS BANK Filed Sept. 2, 1924 Feb. l0, 1925.

Eatented Feb. l0, 1925.

PETEE LUNE, E Ananas, DENMARK.

SAVINGS BANK.

Application filed September To allwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that PETER LUNE, subject ot the King oi'l Denmark, residing at Aarhus, Denmark, has invented certain new and use- 'lul improvements in Savings Banks, of

which the following is a specitication.

This invention relates to an automatic savings bank and consists in the provision of one or more transparent tubes arranged vertically on a base and adapted to receive and collect the coins into a visible pile. The device may be made up to imitate a thermometer, the base being provided with a scale in order to indicate the amount contained in the pile.

Fig. l oi' the drawing represents a front view of the device fitted with a single collecting tube,

Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same,

and

Fig. 8, a cross-section of the coin inlet.

The device is composed ot a transparent tube a of glass or the like, which is fitted in a groove g in a base f like a thermometer tube in its holder. rlhe base has an eyelet f', by which it can be suspended with the tube a in an upright position so that coins inserted in the same will be superposed and collected in a visible pile. The internal diameter of the tube is about equal to that of the coins to be collected, and there may be several tubes of equal or diierent diameters arranged on the same base. Each tube has 0n the base a scale, which indicates the amount contained in its pile of coins.

The lower end of the tube a is closed by a stopper Z), whose color should be the same as that ot the coins to be collected. The upper end ot the tube lits in a cap o, which 2, 1924. Serial No.

has an upright c oin slot d. The longitudinal edges e of the slot cl are inturned, as

shown in Fig. 3

being shaken out c is secured to the base f, is loosely inserted therein. loosely the lower end of the tube, is supported by a spring to prevent the coins from through the slot. rlhe cap and the tube a A clip h holds which j. The lower end k of the spring is secured to the base f.

There is also a safety catch which is held by a spring m at the back of the base and which projects gagement with To remove througha slot 0 into enthe lower end of the tube a. the tube for emptying purposes,

the catch a is retracted and the tube depressed against the torce of until it is clear of the cap c.

the spring y', It can then be tilted and removed. A clip 1 is arranged so as to cover the spring y' and the lower end of the tube a. The springs y' and m may be made strong enough to prevent children from removing the tube.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention, l declare that what l claim is:

A savings bank comprising a base having an indicating scale thereon; a cap secured at one end to said base and having a slot therein to r the reception of a coin;

a spring secured at the other end to said base; a transparent tube supported on said spring and forced by the action of said spring into said cap to thus retain it to said base; and a spring catch secured to and adapted to against the cap.

In testimony w said base removably lock the tube hereof I affix my signature.

PETER LUNE. 

